2005 German Grand Prix

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Montoya has a 21 second advantage over Button - is it enough for a stop...

 

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Trulli pits on lap 56 - for his pit stop this time.
Monteiro pits on lap 56

McLaren in the pit lane

 

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Montoya pits on lap 57

 

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Montoya out way in front of Button.

Another ad break too...

 

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Karthikeyan pits on lap 58

 

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After 58 laps

[b]Driver			Team[/b]
Fernando Alonso		Renault
Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Jenson Button		BAR-Honda
Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
Ralf Schumacher		Toyota
David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing
Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas
Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing
Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW
Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda
Jarno Trulli		Toyota
Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth
Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota
Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas
Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota
Robert Doornbos		Minardi-Cosworth
Mark Webber		Williams-BMW
Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	Retired

 

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Webber pits on lap 59

Karthikeyan spins ...misses everthing and everyone though - thats what caused him to pit.

 

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Very long stop for Webber - but he's still running.

 

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Trulli pits again on lap 60

 

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Is M.Schumachers front left wheel looking very worn as well..

Fisichella tries to go round the outside and then the inside and then the inside again of M.Schumacher...who blocks and causes Fisichella to lock up

 

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Alonso is cruising.
Montoya has Button 4 seconds behind him so is going fast enough to keep him there.
Button is pushing.

 

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M.Schumacher locks up - Fisichella all over the rear end of that Ferrari

 

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M.Schumachers rear right - 2 grooves remaining
Rear left - 2 grooves remaining
Front left - near bald
Front right - looks ok actually...

Fisichella is past M.Schumacher at the hairpin...looked very easy there. Finally..

 

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Trulli retires. Stops out on the track.

Alonso crosses the line - Wins the German Grand prix

 

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Montoya 2nd, Button 3rd, Fisichella 4th, M.Schumacher 5th, R.Schumacher 6th, Coulthard 7th, Massa 8th....

Well Done Alonso. Very calculated drive - no real pressure anywhere

 

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Race Results. Subject to conformation

[b]Driver			Team[/b]
Fernando Alonso		Renault			
Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+22.5
Jenson Button		BAR-Honda		+24.4
Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault			+50.5
Michael Schumacher	Ferrari			+51.6
Ralf Schumacher		Toyota			+52.2
David Coulthard		Red Bull Racing		+52.7
Felipe Massa		Sauber-Petronas		+56.5
Christian Klien		Red Bull Racing		+69.8
Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari			+1 lap
Nick Heidfeld		Williams-BMW		+1 lap
Takuma Sato		BAR-Honda		+1 lap
Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	+2 laps
Jarno Trulli		Toyota			+3 laps 	Retired
Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas		+3 laps
Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota		+3 laps
Tiago Monteiro		Jordan-Toyota		+3 laps
Robert Doornbos		Minardi-Cosworth	+4 laps
Mark Webber		Williams-BMW		+12 laps
Kimi Räikkönen		McLaren-Mercedes	+32 Laps	Retired

 

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Again - I think this is right...

Current Championship Standings.

2005 Drivers Championship.

[b]Pos	Driver			Nationality	Team			Points[/b]
1 	Fernando Alonso		Spanish		Renault			87
2 	Kimi Räikkönen		Finnish		McLaren-Mercedes	51 
3 	Michael Schumacher	German		Ferrari			47
4 	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	34
=6 	Jarno Trulli		Italian		Toyota			31 
=6 	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Ferrari			31 
7 	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian		Renault			30 
8	Ralf Schumacher		German		Toyota			26
9	Nick Heidfeld		German		Williams-BMW		25 
10 	Mark Webber		Australian	Williams-BMW		22 
11	David Coulthard		British		Red Bull Racing		19 
12	Jenson Button		British		BAR-Honda		15
13 	Felipe Massa		Brazilian	Sauber-Petronas		8 
=16 	Tiago Monteiro		Portuguese	Jordan-Toyota		6 
=16 	Alexander Wurz		Austrian	McLaren-Mercedes	6 
=16 	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Sauber-Petronas		6 
17 	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian		Jordan-Toyota		5 
=20 	Christijan Albers	Dutch		Minardi-Cosworth	4 
=20 	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish		McLaren-Mercedes	4 
=20 	Christian Klien		Austrian	Red Bull Racing		4 
21 	Patrick Friesacher	Austrian	Minardi-Cosworth	3 
22 	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italian		Red Bull Racing		1

2005 Constructors Championship.

[b]Pos	Constructor 		Points[/b]
1	Renault			117
2	McLaren-Mercedes	95
3	Ferrari			78
5	Toyota			54
5	Williams-BMW		47
6	Red Bull Racing		24
7	BAR-Honda		18
8	Sauber-Petronas		14
9	Jordan-Toyota		11
10	Minardi-Cosworth	7

 

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Raikkonen would have had an extra 3 wins and possibly another 2 on top of that if it wasn't for the unreliability from that car.

Shame...would have made the championship much closer...much much closer.

 

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Driver of the day.

Just for the first lap - Montoya - 9 cars in 1 lap.
Beats Senna's previous 5 in one lap *although Senna's were more competent drivers..*

Montoya just did what was needed when it was needed. If only Raikkonen could get a car which would allow him to.

 

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This sounds interesting...

F1 future starts Monday - 24 July 2005
The group formerly known as 'GPWC' will reveal its 2008 regulations proposals to the media and the FIA on Monday.

It will be distributed in the form of a joint press release bearing the names of F1's carmakers and every grand prix team except Concorde signatories Ferrari, Red Bull and Jordan.

Meanwhile, Bernie Ecclestone responded with caution to the Sunday Telegraph's bombshell that Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa had made a $1bn bid to buy Formula One.

'I'm happy with the banks,' the F1 supremo said.

'Why do I want to change the shareholders we've got for shareholders we don't know?'

Hutchinson buying F1...sounds good to me...as long as they listen to the important people...the fans...

Will post the rules here as soon as I get them as well...

Simon/~Flibster